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Hematite On Hydrotalcite & Lizardite

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Hematite On Hydrotalcite & Lizardite

Classic Locality

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Description
Locality: 
Snarum, Modum, Viken, Norway
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
5 × 3.4 × 3 cm
Largest Crystal: 
1.30cm
Description

Black hematite crystals on green and white matrix of hydrotalcite and lizardite. Classic locality specimen.

This was the specimen #366 of the German collector Manfred Fabig, who bought it on July/4th/1967 from Günther Frenzel.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Hematite

Formula: 
Fe2O3
Strunz: 
4.CB.05
Crystal System: 
Trigonal
Hardness: 
5.0 - 6.0

Hydrotalcite

Formula: 
Mg6Al2(OH)16[CO3]·4H2O
Strunz: 
5.DA.50
Crystal System: 
Trigonal
Hardness: 
2.0
Streak: 
White
Type Locality: 
Dypingdal Serpentine-magnesite deposit, Snarum, Modum, Buskerud, Norway

Lizardite

Formula: 
Mg3(Si2O5)(OH)4
Strunz: 
9.ED.15
Hardness: 
0.0
Type Locality: 
Eastern Cliff, Kennack Cove (Kennack Sands), Kennack, Grade-Ruan, Lizard Peninsula, Cornwall, England, UK

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